FEELING SAFE AND READY TO LEARN.
So our goal is always to get to the prefrontal cortex. We would love it if students came into school with their brains open and ready to learn. And as parents, we would love it if our kids listened all the time to the great things that we have to say.
But in order to open the prefrontal cortex and make sure it's ready for Business, children must feel safe and they must feel a sense of belonging. And by the way, that's true for adults too. So I challenge you to think about the environment in which you are working in or your home environment, and what are the things that you intentionally do to cultivate safety and belonging,
to make the people around you feel that they can talk to you openly and that they can engage in transparent conversation. Because the more that we invite safety and belonging into our environments, the better off we will all be and the more we're able to perform at high levels.